CEO Steve Huffman says tech giants should not be able to trawl Reddit’s huge store of data for free. But that information came from users, not the company

CEO Steve Huffman says tech giants should not be able to trawl Reddit’s huge store of data for free. But that information came from users, not the company

  • _number8_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    472·
    2 years ago

    i saw a spez quote, one of the sickest things i’ve ever read, about how people are sharing things on reddit, especially in mental health / recovery spaces, “that they wouldn’t even share with a therapist”, and isn’t it a fucking travesty that that hasn’t been properly harvested and monetized

    this guy should be put in a fucking padded room

    edit: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/technology/reddit-ai-openai-google.html

    “There’s a lot of stuff on the site that you’d only ever say in therapy, or AA, or never at all … But we don’t need to give all of that value to some of the largest companies in the world for free.”

    • 567PrimeMover@kbin.social
      21·
      2 years ago

      The more shit I hear come out of his mouth the more I’m disgusted that I ever used reddit. Aaron Swartz must be spinning in his grave

      • Batcow@kbin.social
        13·
        2 years ago

        Unfortunately, I feel like Swartz would be spinning for a LOT of things that Web 2.0 turned out to be and propagate. We don’t even blink at the idea of personal data being shared across unknown anonymous networks. It’s a matter of “whatev’s, they’re welcome to find out what porn I like”.

        Like remember when that Will Smith movie “Enemy of the State” came out and although it’s way over the top, it was totally on point in principle on how vulnerable we are in networks overseen by anonymous government entities and private companies.

        Now we fucking applaud hundred-millionaires becoming billionaires for capitalizing on the internet stew we all threw our goods in for fun research, and internet community

    • Trebach@kbin.social
      4·
      2 years ago

      That’s far too kind. He should be in a room with cinder block walls and a metal toilet.

    • Gresham's Law@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      There are a lot of users/bots sponsored by corrupt institutions & industries on that platform, be sceptical.